Trey Parker and Matt Stone are predicting a downward spiral for “South Park” amid the proposed merger between Comedy Central mother or father Paramount International and Skydance Media. The “South Park” co-creators took to X to slam the delays for his or her Season 27 premiere, linking the date change to the community negotiations.
“This merger is a shitshow and is fucking up ‘South Park,’” the duo wrote. “We’re on the studio engaged on new episodes and we hope the followers get to see them in some way.”
Season 27 was set to debut July 9 on Comedy Central; it was introduced in the present day, July 2, that the season will premiere July 23.
The Comedy Central crown jewel “South Park” has been on the middle of a threatened lawsuit between Parker and Stone’s Park County and Paramount. Parker and Stone co-operate three way partnership South Park Digital Studios with Paramount; the corporate owns the streaming rights to the hit animated sequence. The $500 million unique streaming licensing cope with HBO Max, as inked in 2019, just lately expired in late June 2025. Paramount is pushing for the sequence to belong to the Paramount+ streaming platform. But the “South Park” streaming rights are non-exclusive, and Parker and Stone are alleging that anticipated Paramount International President Jeff Shell (after the Skydance merger) is interfering in deal negotiations.
There are two years left on Paramount’s $900 million total cope with Park County. THR beforehand reported that Park County has threatened authorized motion in opposition to RedBird Capital govt Shell, claiming he’s “directing Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery to change sure phrases of their provides in a ‘method calculated to profit Paramount on the expense’ of the corporate,” as THR cited from an legal professional letter.
Shell allegedly was asking HBO Max mother or father firm WBD to provide Paramount+ an unique 12-month window for brand new “South Park” episodes, amongst different amendments to a streaming provide.
“We hereby demand that you just, Redbird, and Skydance instantly stop your interference,” the Park County letter states. “If these actions proceed, we can have no alternative however to behave to each defend our rights and discharge any obligations we could should the general public.”
Parker beforehand advised Self-importance Honest in 2024 that the “South Park” was “ready for Paramount to determine all their shit out” amid the election.